Desktop solid color background keeps changing

Timmy 2 toes

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• Aug 10, 2026

• #1

I set my desktop background to a solid color, but when I check it in the morning, it has changed. How do I fix this so it stays on my chosen setting?

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TIMMY 2 TOES

 

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JohnsonInAfrica

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• Aug 10, 2026

• #2

If your Windows 11 solid colour background keeps changing unexpectedly, it is usually caused by an active theme rotation, conflicting third-party wallpaper software like Bing Wallpaper, or corrupted system cache files.

 

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• Aug 10, 2026

• #3

Start>Settings>Personalization>Background change to solid colors

 

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